Perception of The Aesthetics of a Smile in Patients Post Using Orthodonic Treatment Based on Characteristics

Abstract

Aesthetics is a philosophy of the concept of beauty which is the reason people takeorthodontic treatment. One of the factors that influence aesthetics is a smile. Apartfrom personal experiences and social environment, the patient's perception of theaesthetics of the smile after orthodontic treatment can be influenced bycharacteristics. This study aims to determine the perception of smile aesthetics inpost-orthodontic patients based on characteristics. This type of research is descriptiveanalytic with cross sectional design. The study population were patients who wererecorded in medical records at the practice of drg. Josep Ginting, Sp. Ort in Pontianak,West Kalimantan Province with a sample size of 30 people. Collecting data bydistributing questionnaires containing nine aesthetic indicators of smiles through theWhatsApp application. Data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney test. Based onthe results of the study, it was seen that there were differences in the aestheticperceptions of respondents' smiles based on age (p = 0.017), gender (p = 0.004) andeducation (p = 0.015). The conclusion of this study is that there are differences inpatient perceptions of aesthetic smile after orthodontic treatment based on thecharacteristics in the practice of drg. Josep Ginting, drg, Sp. Ort in Pontianak, WestKalimantan.